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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: E-mail account without user login
Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands - The Deamon is Free! -
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 18:47:01 GMT
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trien@mke.com (Mr. Le) writes:

>Hi,
>I wonder if there is a way to set up a user so he/she can get e-mail via a pop3
>client like Eudora but will not allow him to user the username and password to 
>login into his account (for sercurity reason).

Add the user, change the password to a * (like below):

nobody:*:4:9:NoBody:/tmp:/bin/false

Wilko